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BlackBerry maker RIM has clearly been on the phone to its carrier chums in the UK: EE, O2 and Vodafone have all this morning announced they will be offering BlackBerry 10 devices starting in January next year when RIM’s next-gen platform launches. The EE deal covers the U.K.’s first 4G network, 4GEE — suggesting that RIM will launch a 4G BB10 handset in the UK — as well as EE’s 3G mobile brands — Orange and T-Mobile.

O2 tweeted the news that it will be putting BB10 devices on its shelves in 2013 earlier this morning

Really happy to say we’ll be selling BlackBerry 10 in early 2013: o2lin.kr/SNTiwF. Watch out for more info soon.

We’ve reached out to Three, the U.K.’s smallest carrier, to ask if it will be ranging BlackBerry 10 devices in January and will update this story when we know more it has confirmed it also will offer BB10.

RIM is going to need as many carriers on board as possible if it’s to start clawing back lost marketshare. The BlackBerry-maker’s global market share dwindled to just 4.3 percent in Q3 (IDC’s figure) so volume is the name of the game here — ergo: this is not a time for carrier exclusives.

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OverviewBlackBerry provides wireless devices and solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. It is widely known for the development of the Blackberry smartphone.
It offers the BlackBerry wireless communications platform solution, which includes the commpression and security infrastructure services enabling BlackBerry hand-held wireless devices to send and receive wireless messages and data. …